Button or catch for coat-collars.



Patented Feb. 25, |902.

N. A M un E D M L A. J. 4 m 4, 9 6 0. N

BUTTON 0R CATCH FOR COAT CULLARS.

(Appleltion tiled Tune 26, 1901.)

(lo Modal.)

UNrra) STA-Tas PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS ALEXANDER LINDERMAN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

BUTTON OR CATCH FOR COAT-COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 694,104, dated February25, 1902. Application tiled June 26,1901. Serial No. 66,149. (No model.)

To all whom z'z'; may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs ALEXANDER LINDERMAN, a citizen of Russia,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Button or Catch, of which the following is aspecifcation.

This invention relates to a button or catch for application to theinside rear portion of coat-collars; and the object of the same is toprovide a simple and effective attachment for a coat-collar forengagement with the back collar-button of a shirt to thereby hold thecoat-collar in a lined position and prevent the same from riding orslipping upwardly over the shirt-collar.

With this object in View the invention consists in the construction andarrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a portion of acoat-collar broken away and looking at the rear of the same, and also ashirt-collar, showing the improved button or catch applied in operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of a coat lookingtoward the inside of the collar portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a det-ailperspective view of the improved attachment. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the upper or collar portion of a coatanda shirt-collar, the coatbeing broken away, showing a modifiedarrangement of the improved device.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral l designates a coat-collar, 2 any form of shirt-collar, and3 the button for securing the latter collar at the back. To the innerrear portion of the coat-collar 1 the attachment is applied and consistsof a U-shaped member '4, constructed of suitable material, and hassecured t0 the back thereof a U-shaped fastener 5. The said fastener maybe secured to the member by solder or otherwise and is formed from asingle piece of resilient wire having opposite portions thereof doubledand bent outwardly and forwardly to provide keepers 6, and theextremities of the wire are rebent to provide fastening-pins 7, havingpointed terminals, the said caught by the keepers to thereby removablysecure the attachment in operative position.

By means of the particular-fastening means as shown, and the width ofthe said slot being less than the diameter of the button-head a positiveconnect-ion will be established, the member being of such thickness asto permit the button head to bear on the rear side thereof adjacent tothe slot 8. By this means a coat-collar can be held in apositively-adjusted position in relation to a shirt-collar, and inremoving the coat the attachment will first be disconnected from thebutton. The parts or edges of the attachment are rounded to preventinjury t-o the articles of apparel adjacent thereto and which wouldarise by having sharp corners or angles contacting therewith.

The improved attachment willbe found very useful and can be manufacturedand sold at a small cost. The member 4 will be made of celluloid, platedmetal, or fine or coarse metal; but it is preferred that it be composedof some material that will not discolor tthe shirt-collar.

As shown by Fig. 4, the improved device may be arranged in a positionreverse to that heretofore set forth to prevent a coat-collar frompulling down toolow in relation to the back portion of a shirt-collar.In this position of the improved device a convenient hanger will beprovided for a coat. While the preferred use of the improved device iseither to prevent a coat-collar from drawing down too low or lrisingupwardly on a shirtcollar, it will be understood that it can be used formany other purposes-such as a bouquet-holder, curtain-suspender, orgarmentholder-without in the least changing its structure and that'itcan be readily applied or detached in view ofthe pin-fastening meantherefor.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Acatch or holding device of the class set pins beinginsertedin thecoat-collar and then l forth, consisting of a U-shaped member, and

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a fastening means applied to one side thereof l justment, the saidfastening consisting of a and following out the U-shaped contourthereof, saidmeans having pointed extremities to engage holding devicestherefor.

2. The combination with a coat-collar and the rear collar-button for ashirt-collar, of a catch device consisting of a U-shaped member having afastening for remo'vable application to the inner side of the rearportion of the said coat-collar to engage the collar-button and hold thecoat-collar in positive ad- Wire bent into U-shaped form and providedwith opposite keepers and rebent pointed eX- tremities to removablyengage said keepers. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JULIUS ALEXANDER LINDERMAN. Witnesses:

J. H. ALEXANDER, ALFRED CARLSN.

